Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 689 · 40 questions

Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

1. 1.🎞️ The idea that the eye holds a picture for a split second is called … (a) squash and stretch (b) colour mixing (c) persistence of vision (d) the rule of thirds
2. 2.🌀 A zoetrope has 12 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
3. 3.🌀 A zoetrope has 11 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 6 seconds?
4. 4.Which of these is used in 3D computer animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) frames drawn on a tablet
5. 5.🌀 A zoetrope with 8 pictures round its drum shows 24 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
6. 6.True or false: a video game scene shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
8. 8.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) only sound (d) a single photo
9. 9.🌀 A zoetrope has 15 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
10. 10.🎞️ Each single picture in an animation is called a … (a) frame (b) poster (c) font (d) pixel
11. 11.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
13. 13.True or false: a video game scene shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a poster on a wall (b) a framed painting (c) a printed photo (d) a video game scene
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flipbook (b) a greeting card (c) a spinning zoetrope (d) a cartoon film
16. 16.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a rigged digital model (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
17. 17.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) the pictures are wet (b) magic ink (c) the eye blends them (d) the paper moves
18. 18.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
20. 20.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses toys shot step by step? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a framed painting (c) a flipbook (d) a cartoon film
24. 24.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 36 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
25. 25.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a greeting card
27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) stop-motion (b) 2D drawn animation (c) 3D computer animation
28. 28.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) a clay model moved a bit (b) a virtual 3D world (c) a digital 3D character (d) a hand-drawn cartoon
29. 29.🎞️ A spinning drum with pictures inside and slits to look through is … (a) a storyboard (b) a flipbook (c) a zoetrope (d) a microphone
30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
31. 31.True or false: a cartoon film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🌀 A zoetrope has 13 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
33. 33.🌀 A zoetrope with 9 pictures round its drum shows 18 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
34. 34.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) paper cut-outs shot (b) pencil drawings on paper (c) a computer-built model (d) toys shot step by step
35. 35.🌀 A zoetrope has 8 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a spinning zoetrope (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a cartoon film
37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
38. 38.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 3 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see in 5 seconds?

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